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2006-01-03 Europe

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How gutless is Schroder? Can't stand up to blackmail, can't conduct blackmail either.

Posted by Grunter 2006-01-03 00:11|| 2006-01-03 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh those Ukrainians, why do they hate us? Is it the years of being under our boot, is it the Yushchenko poisoning, is it the price gouging? Can't we just all get along? I always liked Chicken Kiev.

Posted by Pooty Poot 2006-01-03 10:06|| 2006-01-03 10:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Having 1/2 of their population killed during Commie rule can create resentments.

1/2 of Ukraine's gas imports is bought from Turkmenistan at $44 TCM. So by cutting off the Ukraine, Russia was in effect refusing to transport Turkmen gas that Ukraine has paid for. Another point is that Ukraine charges a low fee of about $1 TCM to transport Russian gas. Ukraine could easily up the charge $20 until alternate routes come into service or base the cahrge on the price of gas and tell the Russians to suck it up.

In the medium term, the Ukraine will be forced to build indigenously produced nuclear power plants to provide power and heating or be held hostage.

The US government should expedite Ukraine's (and Moldova's) entry into NATO and offer preferential trade terms to shift industry from China (and my favorite, Germany) so that Eastern Europe develops cash producing industries to buy commodities on the international market.

Posted by ed 2006-01-03 14:49|| 2006-01-03 14:49|| Front Page Top

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